Ostkrieg: Hitler's War of Extermination in the East - Brossura

Fritz, Stephen

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ISBN 10: 0813161193 ISBN 13: 9780813161198

Casa editrice: The University Press of Kentucky, 2015

Riassunto

On June 22, 1941, Germany launched the greatest land assault in history on the Soviet Union, an attack that Adolf Hitler deemed crucial to ensure German economic and political survival. As the key theater of the war for the Germans, the eastern front consumed enormous levels of resources and accounted for 75 percent of all German casualties. Despite the significance of this campaign to Germany and to the war as a whole, few English-language publications of the last thirty-five years have addressed these pivotal events.

In Ostkrieg: Hitler's War of Extermination in the East, Stephen G. Fritz bridges the gap in scholarship by incorporating historical research from the last several decades into an accessible, comprehensive, and coherent narrative. His analysis of the Russo-German War from a German perspective covers all aspects of the eastern front, demonstrating the interrelation of military events, economic policy, resource exploitation, and racial policy that first motivated the invasion. This in-depth account challenges accepted notions about World War II and promotes greater understanding of a topic that has been neglected by historians.

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L'autore:

Stephen G. Fritz, professor of history at East Tennessee State University, is the author of Frontsoldaten: The German Soldier in World War II and Endkampf: Soldiers, Civilians, and the Death of the Third Reich. He lives in Johnson City, Tennessee.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: The University Press of Kentucky
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0813161193
• ISBN 13: 9780813161198
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 688